Heeyyy everyone here's a very small project, just a little something.
This story begins in january 2017 when I'm given this :
A motobecane Minivelo from the late 70's, the exact same one my ex had but it's pretty rusted. Here's what it looked like brand new :
The bike was given to me because the frame cracked (common problem). I rewelded the frame then the bike sat in my shed until last week when a good friend of mine gave me an old Raleigh to fix for him, including a hub swap. He wanted to change his Sturmey archer AW 3s for a singlespeed coaster brake hub.
I have no use for a hub with no coaster brake for my choppers but I wanted to use it on the little Motobec so I had the idea to convert it to disc brake; here's how it was done, presented to you in this handy guide.
Warning : What you're about to witness is some dumb kid trying to save about 21.35€ disregarding the fact that building a disc hub out of a non disc hub is an extremly bad idea that no sane person should attempt.
1 - Get big steel plate
2- Get disc
3- Trace radius for disc bolts and center hole
4- Bring out the cheapy hole saw kit
5- Drill oval holes
6- Drill and tap mounting holes
7- Deck out the Dremmel and grind until fit is satisfying
8- Use a piece of wood to align the disc
9- Add spacers to make a tight fit
10- Tack in place and check fit
11- Finish welding
There's to that, tune in tomorrow for the second guide : How to disc brake your non disc brake frame. Cheers
This story begins in january 2017 when I'm given this :
A motobecane Minivelo from the late 70's, the exact same one my ex had but it's pretty rusted. Here's what it looked like brand new :
The bike was given to me because the frame cracked (common problem). I rewelded the frame then the bike sat in my shed until last week when a good friend of mine gave me an old Raleigh to fix for him, including a hub swap. He wanted to change his Sturmey archer AW 3s for a singlespeed coaster brake hub.
I have no use for a hub with no coaster brake for my choppers but I wanted to use it on the little Motobec so I had the idea to convert it to disc brake; here's how it was done, presented to you in this handy guide.
Warning : What you're about to witness is some dumb kid trying to save about 21.35€ disregarding the fact that building a disc hub out of a non disc hub is an extremly bad idea that no sane person should attempt.
1 - Get big steel plate
2- Get disc
3- Trace radius for disc bolts and center hole
4- Bring out the cheapy hole saw kit
5- Drill oval holes
6- Drill and tap mounting holes
7- Deck out the Dremmel and grind until fit is satisfying
8- Use a piece of wood to align the disc
9- Add spacers to make a tight fit
10- Tack in place and check fit
11- Finish welding
There's to that, tune in tomorrow for the second guide : How to disc brake your non disc brake frame. Cheers
